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PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 4-12-0887.

19 N.E.3d 733 (2014)

2014 IL App (4th) 120887

385 Ill. Dec. 801

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael B. BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

October 8, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Jacqueline L. Bullard, and Ryan R. Wilson, all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Jason Chambers, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (Patrick Delfino, David J. Robinson, and Aimee Sipes Johnson, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

Justice POPE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant, Michael B. Brown, appeals the trial court's first-stage dismissal of his postconviction petition, arguing the court erred in finding the petition frivolous and patently without merit where he raised the gist of a meritorious claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We reverse and remand for second-stage proceedings.

¶ 2 I. BACKGROUND

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